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Summary

Cairn '3' (Butler) the southern of two cairns to the south-east of the north-eastern end of Glasscombe Corner stone row of 7 metres diameter by 0.7 metres high with upright stones in the mound. Extraction pits and. spoil heap on mound.

Location

Protected Status

• Scheduled Monument 1012465: Two cairns south-east of the stone alignment south-west of Glasscombe Corner

Other References/Statuses

• National Monuments Record: SX66SE140
• National Record of the Historic Environment: 442157
• Old DCC SMR Ref: SX66SE/499
• Old SAM Ref: 10616

Monument Type(s) and Dates

• CAIRN (Constructed, Bronze Age - 2200 BC (Between) to 701 BC (Between))

Full description

Grinsell, L. V., 1978, Dartmoor Barrows, 171 (Article in Serial). SDV273224.

(June 1973) SX 66136075 Cairn. Diameter 7.0 metres height 0.3 metres.

Royal Commission on the Historical Monuments of England, 1985, Aerial Photograph Project (Dartmoor) - Dartmoor Pre-NMP (Cartographic). SDV319854.

Not recorded on aerial photographs.

Butler, J., 1993, Dartmoor Atlas of Antiquities: Volume Four - The South-East, 96-7, 246, Map 56, Figure 56.11 (Monograph). SDV337765.

Cairn '3' at SX 66106074 the southern of two cairns to the south-east of 'Glasscombe Corner stone rows'of about 6.0 metres diameter by 0.4 metres high.

Cartographic Engineering, 2006, Dartmoor 2006 1:1250 Aerial Photography (digital) (Aerial Photograph). SDV345590.

Visible on aerial photograph slightly to the south-west of the scheduled area.

Various, 2018-2020, PALs Condition Recording forms, UG38 (Worksheet). SDV362781.

Visited in 2017 prior to this project starting; not revisited. Condition assessed as very good.

Riley, H., 2021, Archaeological Survey: Ugborough Premier Archaeological Landscape, Harford and Ugborough, 12, 7.1.7 (Report - Survey). SDV364697.

One of fifty cairns recorded during survey.

Historic England, 2021, National Heritage List for England, 1012465 (National Heritage List for England). SDV364016.

These two cairns lie 15 metres south-east of the stone alignment south-west of Glasscombe Ball, towards its lower, northern end. Both are mounds of hummocky appearance covered by turf and bilberry bushes and are 7 metres in diameter and 0.4 metres in height, with traces of retaining kerbs.

Riley, H., 2021, UG21 heritage asset database and gazetteer of sites (Report - Survey). SDV364699.

Visited on 26th April 2021, surveyed and photographed. Cairn south-east of Glasscombe Corner stone row: turf-covered stony mound, 7 metres diameter, 0.7 metres high, upright stones in mound. Extraction pits and. spoil heap on mound

Sources / Further Reading

Associated Monuments

Associated Finds: none recorded

Associated Events

• EDV8770 - Archaeological Survey: Ugborough Premier Archaeological Lanscape, Harford and Ugborough

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